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单词 Job's tears
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Definition of Job's tears in English:

Job's tears

plural noundʒəʊbzˌjōbz ˈtirz
  • A widely cultivated SE Asian grass that bears its seeds inside hollow, pear-shaped receptacles, which are grey and shiny and sometimes used as beads.

    Coix lacryma-jobi, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cook 50g sweet rice with 60g Job's tears and 8 red dates.
    • Alternative staples such as foxtail millet, Job's tears, taro, yams and sago played a more important role in other parts of the archipelago.
    • Prepare 50 grams of sticky rice, 250 grams of seeds of Job's tears, 20 grams of Chinese dates and 20 grams of longan.
    • Salicylic acid combined with ‘ethnobotanicals,’ like Job's tears, yarrow and burdock, is more effective.
    • He focuses on the practice of planting ‘archaic cultigens’ - plants such as Job's tears and Italian millet which are used mostly for ritual purposes.

Origin

Late 16th century: named after the patriarch Job.

 
 

Definition of Job's tears in US English:

Job's tears

plural nounˌjōbz ˈtirz
  • A widely cultivated Southeast Asian grass that bears its seeds inside hollow, pear-shaped receptacles, which are gray and shiny and sometimes used as beads.

    Coix lacryma-jobi, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cook 50g sweet rice with 60g Job's tears and 8 red dates.
    • Salicylic acid combined with ‘ethnobotanicals,’ like Job's tears, yarrow and burdock, is more effective.
    • He focuses on the practice of planting ‘archaic cultigens’ - plants such as Job's tears and Italian millet which are used mostly for ritual purposes.
    • Alternative staples such as foxtail millet, Job's tears, taro, yams and sago played a more important role in other parts of the archipelago.
    • Prepare 50 grams of sticky rice, 250 grams of seeds of Job's tears, 20 grams of Chinese dates and 20 grams of longan.

Origin

Late 16th century: named after the patriarch Job.

 
 
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